Wine Logic from 1837 –

“Of wine may be verified the merry induction, that good wine maketh good blood, good blood causeth good humours, good humours cause good thoughts, good thoughts bring forth good works, good works carry a man to heaven; ergo, good wine carrieth a man to heaven” -Howell

Source: The Cook and Housewife’s Manual (6th edition), 1837.

Note: The 6th edition contains the Comprehensive Treatise on Domestic Brewing written expressly for this particular publication.

Painting: By Ernst Nowak (1851-1919) (Dorotheum) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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